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The "Rivers of Blood" speech by John Enoch Powell
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I have to say I knew nothing of this term or speech, although I did know Enoch Powell was known for his views on immigration. But while watching the 1966 repeat of the BBC Election today and seeing him be re-elected, it reminded me. So I looked on Youtube and found his speech.
What I noticed is it is a lot of what people are saying today. Was is it controversial back then ?
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkBr-qvo-4
What I noticed is it is a lot of what people are saying today. Was is it controversial back then ?
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkBr-qvo-4
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How can this end well?
Happy, happy, joy joy.
You are right, this will never come to a head.
It's just paranoia.
That's why the top name for English new born boys in England is Mohammed or a connotation on spelling of the name.
To be fair the top boys name in Saudi Arabia is Joshua.......
There is no England, there is only and island that is part of the rest of the world
There is no English culture, there is only world cultre. Some of which is english.
There is no England. Just people who refuse to embrace there brothers and sisters across there world.
There WILL be Islam.
What aisle? I'm running out!
It's up there with Churchill's finest. Shame he was a racist.
Isle 2:191-193, just next to the CD's selling the Happy song.
He got it wrong thinking it would be race.
It will be religion.
Of course anyone predicting this at the time would have been shouted down as a racist and exaggerating for effect.
As long as there is a Scotland or Wales in Great Britain there'll always be an England.
no it isn`t.
OVERPOPULATION !
There is no Dana, only Zuul.
How dare you! You right wing racist!
We can take everyone, the more the merrier.
I think more devout Muslims would be the best for our society.
Because it's really not going to end up like Bosnia!
Hogwash. It's a hippy pipedream to deny diversity like that. Figure out how to get along with different people instead of making things up saying we're all the same.
That's funny it's number 19 on the list I read. The very English Harry is number one. Mind you someone I know is called Stuart and he's black :O It's a topsy turvy world we live in
There are no different people. We all want the same thing, to be happy, successful, respected and loved.
Race, class, religion, nationality are all ways we artificially differentiate ourselves. There an illusion.
You believe what you believe, because you grew up in a certain surrounding. Thoses conditions have shaped your view on what you conceder 'normal.' that too is an illusion.
Had you had grown up a Muslim, would you think any different?.....
London was founded by immigrants so it's not the best example to choose, frankly, if we're going on a who-was-here-first basis.
No we can't. In case you haven't noticed, our island is tiny compared to some other countries. Yes, take some immigrants in, but don't go mad letting everyone in though, especially not permanently.